Latest Artemis rocket test at Stennis Space Center

The next phase of Artemis rocket testing is underway at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County.

NASA is hoping it’s newly redesigned engine will help bring astronauts to the moon and back. The space agency conducted a hot fire test of its newly redesigned RS-25 engine yesterday for future flights of the space launch system rocket.

Engineers fired the engine for about eight-and-a-half minutes, which NASA says is the same amount of time the engines must operate to help power SLS to space.

The new engines will help power future Artemis missions to the moon, beginning with Artemis V.